Equestria Boys Part 7: Sunset Glare's Threat

[Next Scene: Inside the hallway.  After walking through a deserted part of the hallway, Sunset Glare’s lackey’s spring out of hiding, grab Dusk Shine, and drag him into the nearest bathroom.  Sunset Glare is already in the bathroom waiting for them.]

Sunset Glare: [to his lackeys] Give us a moment. [motions for them to leave]

Lightning Snap: Sure thing boss. [He and Dopey leave]

Sunset Glare: I can't believe I didn't recognize you earlier. [locks the bathroom door] I shoulda known Lord Solaris would send his star student here after my helmet, and his girly dog too. [Barb growls at him]

Dusk Shine: I earned that helmet Glare!  Stealing it won’t make it yours.

Sunset Glare: I don’t need to steal it anymore, everyone already knows that I rule this place. It’s only a matter of time before they give their Lord his crown.

Dusk Shine: If that's true, why do you even need my helmet? You went to a lot of trouble to switch it with the one that belongs here.  Aren’t you happy with what you already have?

Sunset Glare: Pop quiz: what happens when you bring an Element of Harmony into an alternate world? [Dusk remains quiet] What? You don't know?  Yea, star student my plot! [Dusk starts to get angry] Of course, how could he find somepony as awesome as me to take under his wing after I decided to leave Equestria? It sure sucks that you were the best he could come up with.

Barb: [angry] Bark! Bark! Bark!

Sunset Glare: Oh, and you should keep an eye on your little spaniel.  There’s a lot of girls at Crystal Prep who would kill for one of those, if you know what I mean.

Barb: [hostile] You don’t scare me!?

Sunset Glare: I’d shut up if I were you.   Dogs can’t talk here either.

Dusk Shine: You’ll never win Glare!

Sunset Glare: Of course I will, because you’re going to pull your name from the ballet by tomorrow morning.

Dusk Shine: Is that a threat!?

Sunset Glare: No, this is a threat! [Glare grabs Dusk’s underwear and pulls it up over his head] Pull your name from the ballet, or I’ll mail your face back to Equestria with my fist wrapped around it! [While Dusk is trying to get his underwear off his head, Sunset Glare unlocks the bathroom door and leaves.]

[Outside the bathroom]

Dopey: So how’d it go boss?

Sunset Glare: He gets the message… [The three jocks leave.]

[Next Scene: At a vending machine in the hallway.  Dusk Shine rubs his sore backside and approaches the vending machine. He notices the machine sells cheesy corn puffs.  He gets excited.]

[Dusk Shine examines the machine closely, unsure of how to get a snack out. He tries shaking it, but it won’t budge.  He turns around and prepares to kick the machine, when he notices another student staring at him.]

Student: Coming through. [Pushes past Dusk Shine.][Overly dramatic] The Great and Powerful Trixter!!! [starts talking normal again] Needs some BBQ Potato Chips. [puts a coin in the machine, takes a bag, opens it, and begins eating][mouth full] Emm, yum! [leaves]

Dusk Shine: [to Barb] What are we going to do Barb? We don’t know anything about this place.

Barb: Maybe we could do some research.

Dusk Shine: That’s a great idea! Do you think they have a- [notices something across the hallway, it’s the entrance to the school library.] Library!

[Dusk and Barb run into the Library.  Dusk sits at one of the computers.  He notices a teacher (who bears a strong resemblance to Mr. Cheeryloo) standing behind him.]

Dusk Shine: [to the teacher] So I just push the letters here, and then the words and moving pictures will come up here? [picks up the monitor and looks closely at it.]

Mr. Cheeryloo: [sighs and approaches Dusk Shine] That’s right. [set’s the monitor back on the desk]

Dusk Shine: [to himself] Maybe this place does have magic.

[Dusk is about to start using the computer when he hears 3 freshmen boys (who look a lot like Applebuck, Sweepy, and Scooteroll) playing a game on the other side of the computer lab.  They are all using their own computer and each one has their own headset.]

Scooteroll: Ah ha! I got you now Sweepy! Prepair to-

Applebuck: Boom! Headshot!

Scooteroll: [angry] What the hell!

Applebuck: That’s what you get for running out of cover! Now it’s time for some good old fashioned tea-

Mr. Cheeryloo: [interrupts angrily] Boys! How many times have I told you? The school computers are for research, NOT gaming!

Sweepy Bell: [thinking quickly] We weren’t gaming sir.

Scooteroll: [joins in] Yea! We were just doing some research on modern warfare.  [Notices something on his computer scene] Knock it off Applebuck!

Mr. Cheeryloo:  I’m not going to warn you again.  If I catch you gaming in here one more time, I’m sending you to Vice-Principal Artemis. [Turns off their computers]

Applebuck: [dejected] It’s just as well ya’ll.  We’re still stuck at the bottom of the leaderboards.

Scooteroll: Yea! Screw this.  I’m going to the skate park.  [hops on his skateboard and rides away, his friends follow him out of the library.]

Dusk Shine: [to himself] Just like old times… [begins his research]

[Some time later…]

Intercom: The library will be closing in five minutes.

Dusk Shine: [looks up from a mountain of books] Hey Barb. Do you have any idea where we could sleep tonight?

Barb: I’m way ahead of you. [Leads Dusk to a secluded part of the library.  She has set up something under a bedsheet.] It’s a little dusty, [removes the cover to reveal a bed made out of books] but it doesn’t seem like anybody comes up here.

Dusk Shine: This is great! Thank you.

Barb: So how did you’re research go?

Dusk Shine: [pulls out an old book] I found this book.  It’s called a yearbook.  It seems to be something they use to keep a record of things that have happened at the school.  [opens the book] Look at this.  [points to a picture of five freshmen boys standing together]  That’s Bubble Berry, Butterscotch, Applejack, and I think those other two are Blitz and Elusive.

Barb: [takes the yearbook] There’s an Elusive here!? [wags her tail excitedly][gets embarrassed] Uh, I mean, uh...  cool photo.

Dusk Shine: They look like they're friends.

Barb: They do look like our friends. But I thought we'd figured that out already.

Dusk Shine: No, I mean... they look like they're friends with each other. But it doesn't seem like they're friends now.

Barb: No, I guess not.

Dusk Shine: [lies down] I just can't help but get the feeling that Sunset Glare had something to do with it.

Barb:  I could understand that. [grabs the bed sheet and spreads it over her and Dusk] But he wanted your crown 'cause he's planning on doing something even worse! If you're gonna stop him, you have to focus on making friends here. Can't worry about why these guys aren't friends anymore. [snuggles up next to Dusk Shine] Even if they [yawns] do remind you of your Ponyville friends.

Dusk Shine: [hugs Barb] You're right, Barb. [sigh] Eye on the prize.